Key words for Unit 2

1. Establishment -Creating something2. Holocaust -Mass murder of Jews and others3. Antisemitism - Hatred of the Jews 4. Zionism -Belief that Jews should have their own homeland. 5. Jerusalem -Area of conflict between the Jews and Muslims for control because of each religions historical connection to the land6. Persian Gulf Conflict7. Population -The number of people living in an area (People) 8. Natural Resources -"gifts from the earth" rocks and minerals that naturally occur in a specific location that can be used to increase a populations standard of living. 9. Ethnic Group - How people live 10. Religious Group-How people worship 11. Sunni-Largest division of Islam, believe the Caliph should be elected. 12. Shia-Smallest division of Islam, believe the Caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad. Caliph Leader of the Islamic church13. Literacy Rate - Ability to read and write. 14. Standard of Living - Quality of a person life, impacted by a persons literacy. 15. Unitary - One central government has control16. Federal - Divided rule and power17. Theocracy-Rule by a religious group18. Confederation - Regions control the central government 19. Democracy- Citizens elect their leaders 20. Oligarchy- Group Rule, elections within the group. 21. Autocracy - Single ruler, no elections. 22. Parliamentary Democracy Citizens elect members of a Parliament. Parliament then elects a Prime Minister 23. Presidential Democracy People elect a President as their cheif executive 24. ClimateThe average weather in a location (Weather) 25. ProminentThe most of something (dominant)26. Political MapIdentifies Cities, States, Countries and man made political boundaries 27. Physical MapIdentifies naturally occurring features such as hills, rivers, mountains etc. 28. Characteristic Things that describe29 Distribution Handing things out.